El paquete and el varejón: Women's Material Cultures of Care Under El Salvador's Carceral State of Exception
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work
Published online on October 23, 2025
Abstract
Affilia, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 225-245, May 2026.
This paper explores the materialities of care employed by families of people incarcerated under El Salvador's gang crackdown, the State of Exception (SOE) declared in March 2022. Through ethnographic research, I analyze the significance of items like...
This paper explores the materialities of care employed by families of people incarcerated under El Salvador's gang crackdown, the State of Exception (SOE) declared in March 2022. Through ethnographic research, I analyze the significance of items like...